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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Hopewell (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Hopewell. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Hopewell is located in Houston County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Houston County: Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Leon, Madison, Trinity & Walker.

Below are the counties that are near Hopewell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hopewell:

  • Houston County     (The home county of Hopewell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
    • Crockett
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crockett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
      • Crockett is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crockett <2>
    • Hickory Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
      • Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
    • Holly
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
      • Holly is located in Houston County
    • Lovelady
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovelady have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelady
      • Lovelady is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovelady <2>
    • Latexo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Belott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
      • Belott is located in Houston County
    • Harrison Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrison Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
      • Harrison Town is located in Houston County
    • Kennard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
      • Kennard is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennard <2>
    • Cooper
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Cooper is located in Houston County
    • Fog Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fog Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
      • Fog Town is located in Houston County
    • Porter Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
      • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
    • Refuge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
      • Refuge is located in Houston County
    • Ratcliff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
    • Mound City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mound City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
      • Mound City is located in Anderson County
    • Salmon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
      • Salmon is located in Anderson County
    • Slocum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
      • Slocum is located in Anderson County
    • Elkhart
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Alderbranch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alderbranch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
      • Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
  • Angelina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
    • Redtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
      • Redtown is located in Angelina County
    • Blix
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blix. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blix
      • Blix is located in Angelina County
    • Granville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Granville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
      • Granville is located in Angelina County
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
    • Weeping Mary
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
      • Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
    • Forest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Wells
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Cherokee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 781 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <2>
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
    • Centerview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
      • Centerview is located in Leon County
    • Russell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
      • Russell is located in Leon County
    • Middleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Middleton is located in Leon County
  • Madison County
    • Midway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
    • Pennington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
      • Pennington is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pennington <2>
    • Friday
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
      • Friday is located in Trinity County
    • Center Point ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
      • Center Point is located in Trinity County
    • Glendale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
      • Glendale is located in Trinity County
    • Centralia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centralia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
      • Centralia is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centralia <2>
    • Groveton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lacy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
      • Lacy is located in Trinity County
      • Lacy has also been known as:
      • Lacey
    • Mill Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
      • Mill Town is located in Trinity County
    • Trinity
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Helmic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
      • Helmic is located in Trinity County
    • Apple Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Sumpter ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sumpter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
      • Sumpter is located in Trinity County
    • Chita
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
      • Chita is located in Trinity County
  • Walker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
    • Kittrell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
      • Kittrell is located in Walker County
    • Riverside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Walker County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hopewell, see our County-by-County Page for Hopewell.

Cemeteries Near Hopewell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hopewell.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hopewell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.

  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Box Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Box Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Box Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Shady Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Shady Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cook Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hunley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fodice Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fodice Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fodice Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Concord Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rockland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Center Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rice Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Glenwood Cemetery North Sector
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Cemetery North Sector
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glenwood Cemetery North Sector have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (195 more) ...
    • Glenwood Cemetery South Sector
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Cemetery South Sector
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glenwood Cemetery South Sector have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cal Wooten Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cal Wooten Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cal Wooten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • English Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the English Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the English Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Hopewell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hopewell.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.

  • Crockett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crockett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
    • Crockett is located in Houston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crockett <2>
  • Holly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
    • Holly is located in Houston County
  • Pennington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Pennington is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pennington <2>
  • Lovelady
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovelady have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelady
    • Lovelady is located in Houston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovelady <2>
  • Belott
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
    • Belott is located in Houston County
  • Antioch ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antioch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Antioch is located in Houston County
  • Porter Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
    • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
  • San Pedro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Pedro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
    • San Pedro is located in Houston County
  • Saron
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saron
    • Saron is located in Trinity County
  • Ratcliff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tadmor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
    • Tadmor is located in Houston County
  • Grapeland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hagerville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hagerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
      • Hagerville is located in Houston County
    • Augusta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Augusta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
      • Augusta is located in Houston County
    • Ash
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ash have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
      • Ash is located in Houston County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hopewell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hopewell.

Newspapers Published in Hopewell ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopewell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hopewell, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hopewell.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Hopewell:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hopewell. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hopewell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hopewell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hopewell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2585, Longitude: -95.3619       In this case, the coordinates for Hopewell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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